Trim lines

Example:

You have drawn two intersecting walls. A section of wall that sticks out is unnecessary and needs to be trimmed. There are two ways of doing this. Both are described below.

A. Trim one or more walls in a single step

Follow these steps:

1. Select the Trim lines tool, under Tools on the Wall Drawing component tab.

2. Move the mouse pointer with the tool to the section of the wall you want to trim; hold the mouse button down and cross over the wall. A red line is shown crossing the wall at the same time as a dashed red line marks the removed section (see Figure 2).

3. Release the mouse button. The wall disappears (see Figure 3).

Figure 2                                            Figure 3

B. Trim one wall at a time

Follow these steps:

1. Select the Trim lines tool, under Tools on the Wall Drawing component tab.

2. Move the mouse pointer to the end you want to trim and click the tool into place. An input box and a dashed red line are shown.

3. Move the mouse pointer along the wall to be removed (without holding the mouse button down) to mark the section to be trimmed.

4. When you come to an adjoining section of wall and the word Intersection appears (Figure 4), click. The wall disappears (Figure 5).

Figure 4                                            Figure 5

Note:

• Trim lines always trims a line where it crosses another.

• In certain cases it can be difficult to trim a line, such as with a short line or if the Trim lines tool finds other points nearby. If this is the case, follow these steps:

• 1. Enlarge the current area with the help of the Zoom Rectangle.

  2. Activate the Trim lines tool.

  3. Prevent the tool from attaching to other points by holding down the Shift key while you trim.